No person shall practice deceit or fraud of any kind in the sale of wood, coal, grain, berries, fruit, vegetables, dry goods, liquids or fluids of any kind, or any other commodity or article of merchandise of any kind, whether sold by weight, dry measurement, linear measurement, liquid measurement or by the basket, box, barrel, crate, case, drum, or in any specified quantity or amount, by selling or offering for sale any such wood, coal, grain, berries, fruit, dry goods, liquid or fluids of any kind, or any other commodity or article of merchandise of any kind, in quantities of less weight or measure or amount represented by the vendor or his or agent or employee upon such sale or offer for sale. No person shall sell or offer for sale any coal, grain, berries, fruit or vegetables in a basket, box, barrel, crate, case or any other utensil which has been altered by the insertion of a false bottom or by the insertion of any paper, excelsior or any substance other than the commodity sold or offered for sale, or altered in any manner whereby the purchaser may be defrauded.
(Ord. 7015. Passed 5-3-37.)